New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired “ Nightfall : A Paranormal Investigation,” an Australian horror film directed by Myles McEwen and Ripley Stevens, with the production-sales company eyeing franchise potential, it was revealed on the sidelines of TIFFCOM , the Tokyo International Film Festival ‘s market arm.

Set in 1988, the paranormal thriller follows investigators Mick Sutherland and Archie Charlesworth as they respond to a desperate call from Elizabeth Blair’s isolated home, where they encounter a malevolent presence that unravels their sanity over seven days in what becomes known as Case 13.

The Adelaide-based filmmaking duo wrote, directed and star in the feature. The film pays homage to classics like “The Exorcist” while offering a fresh take on the p

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